Toothbrush



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TOOTHBRUSH..

Appcaton filed September 8, 1923. Serial No. 661,653.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK HENRY lvlAY- Hoon, a subject oi the King of Greaty Britain, and resident of the city ot Calgary, in

the Province ot Alberta and Dominion ot Canada, have invented certain new and uselul Improvements in rloothl'nushes?V of which the following' is a specification. Y

rlhis invention relates to iinproveinents in tooth brushes andthe objects of the invention are to provide an elicient and sanit tooth brush .in which the rubbing' parts aie interchangeable and which are adapted to he readilysterilized.

Further objects are to provide a toilet requisite of this character that can be used tor rubbing' the gums as well as 'for brushingr the teeth.

lith the foregoing' and 'other objects in the deviceJ an einbodiinentl of' which is described in the present specilication and illustrated by the accompanying.drawings that 'forni part of the saine.

Referring now to the drawings? in which like characters ot reference indicate corre spending parts in each ligure,

Figure. l is a perspective view of an einbodiinent of inv invention assembled.

with, the whole being formed substantiallyV as an ordinarvtooth brush and preterablv7 constructed of rubber or vulcanized rubber or the like. n f

12 is a metal cup designed to detachably shown in Figure ot' sott rubber.

Figure 2 is Va cross section through theA et' said .holding a cleaning lit into the holder 11 and adapted to have titled thereinto a plug lS preferably, as here Over this plug is designed to be stretched an initerchangeable and sterilized strip 14 ot' leX- ible material torined with a towel surface l5 on one side and dcsivned to extend beneath each end of the cup l2 to engage with and bc held by hook nienibers 16 on the under` side thereof.

ln operationAn the rubber plug lits into the metal cup. The towel strip is then stretched over the plug and hooked on the points 16. The assembly thus completed is then fitted into the handle container 11.

As man); changes could be niacle in the abov'e construction and man v apparently widel;v different embodiments oli in v invenltion within the scope ot the claims, con- 20 vlew, the invention consists essentially 1n .'uctcd without departing' troni the spirit or scope thereof. it is intended that all inatter contained in the accompanying speciliation and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting` sense.

That l claim asviny invention is:

l. A tootli"bi'usb o't the character described comprising a handle formed with a recessed endportion, a cup nieinber adapted to tit into said recess. a plug' vtor' said cup` hook ineens at each end o the cup adapted to engage with strip stretched over the top plug' to hold saine in stretched position. v

2. In a device ot thc character described, the combination with handle provided with a socket ot a cupl member adapted to lit into said socket" a pluir zneinher ont' resil ientinaterial adapted to lil, into said cup` rneans` carried by the cup Vtor "detachablv plug, l

ln witness whereof l have hereunto set injv hand in the presence of two witnesses.v

v FRANK HENRY MAYHOOD.

lVitnesses: f f

Lewis FREDERICK MAYHooD, MARGARET DE LAY DE PHILLrPs.

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